Farm-gate.



L. W. MILLER.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION men MAR. :5. 1916.

Patented May 29,1917.

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L. W. MILLER.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAn.15. i916.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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LEONARD W. MILLER, 0F FORT J ONES, CALIFORNIA.

FARM-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 191 *7.

Application filed March 15, 1916. Serial No. 84,469.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD TV. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Jones in the county of Sis'kiyou and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to farm gates and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a gate of the character indicated which is of simple and durable structure and which may be easily and quickly manipulated to cause the gate panel to swing in either of two directions when moving from a closed to an open position.

A latch is provided for temporarily holding the gate panel in a closed position and means are operatively connected with the latch mechanism for releasing the gate prior to the swinging movement.

Vith these objects in view the gate structure includes a hinged post and a latch post which are connected together by a sill beam adapted to be embedded in the surface of a road. Lever posts are positioned at the side of the road and at the opposite sides of the hinged post and a bar is slidably mounted with relation to the hinged post and the said lever posts. Angular levers are fulcrumed upon the lever posts and links or rods operatively connect the said levers with the said bar. A keeper is mounted upon the latch post and a latch is pivotally mounted upon the gate panel and is adapted to engage the said keeper for temporarily locking the gate in a closed position. A lever is fulcrumed upon the gate panel and is provided with a lug which lies under the lower edge of the latch. A disk is turnably mounted at the hinged edge of the disk and is operatively connected with the said lug. Means are provided for connecting the disk with the said bar whereby the disk is turned prior to the swinging movement of the gate panel whereby the latch is lifted out of the keeper.

In the accompanying drawings 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the same.

Fi 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of the same.

The gate structure includes a hinged post 1 and a latch post 2 which are connected together by a sill 3. Lever posts 4 are mounted at the opposite sides of the hinged post 1 and angular-1y shaped levers 5 are fulcrumed to the lower portions of the posts 4:- A bar 6 is slidably mounted in the upper portions of the hinged post and the lever posts and rods 7 operatively connect the intermediate portions of the levers 5 with the end portion of the said bar. Handles 8 depend from the free end of the levers 5.

A gate panel 9 is hingedly mounted upon the hinged post 1 and carries a pivoted latch bar 10. One end of the bar 10 projects beyond the free edge of the gate panel 9 and is adapted to engage in a keeper 11 mounted upon the latch post 2. A spring 12 is mounted on the latch bar 10 and is adapted to bear against part of the panel 9 whereby the said latch bar is normally held in a depressed position.

A lever 13 is fulcrumed upon the gate panel 9 and is provided at its lower end with an inwardly disposed lug 14 which lies under the lower edge of the latch bar 10. A disk 15 is pivotally mounted upon the gate panel 9 at the hinged edge thereof and the said disk is provided with an upstanding lug 16. Rods 17 pass through the opposite end portions of the lugs 16 and also pass through the upper end of the lever 13. The disk 15 is provided at its periphery with grooves 18. Hooks 19 are adjustably mounted at the side of the bar 6 and cables 20 are attached at one end with the saidhooks 19 and the other ends of the said'cables are attached to the disk 15 and are adapted to enter the grooves 18 provided upon the said disk.

The operation of the gate is as follows:

Assuming that the panel is in a closed position between the hinged post 1 and the latch post 2, an operator grasps one of the handles 8 whereby the outer end of that lever 5 to which the said handle'is attached is depressed. Through the connecting rod 7 the bar 6 is moved longitudinally inasmuch as the cables 20 are connected with the hooks 19 which are mounted upon the bar 6 as the said bar moves one of the cables 20 partially turns the disk 15 whereby one of the rods 17 swings the lever 13 and the lug ltof the said lever lifts the latch bar 10 so that its free end disengages the keeper 11. Further downward movement of the end of the lever 5 the bar 6 is continued in its longitudinal movement whereby one of the cables 20 operating through the disk 15 and the rods 17 swings the gate panel 9 from a closed to an open position.

WVhen it is desired to swing the gate panel from an open to a closed position the operation above described is reversed.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be observed that the gate panel may be swung from a closed to an open position in either of two directions and when the free end of the latch bar 10 passes over the inter mediate portion of the keeper it engages in the recess provided in the keeper under the influence of the spring 12 which exerts its tension in a downward direction upon the said latch bar.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A gate comprising a hinged post, a shaft journaled thereon, a gate panel hinged on said shaft, a latch carried by the panel, a disk fixed on the upper end of the journaled shaft, and having an upstanding flange,

in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD W. MILLER.

Witnesses;

CARRIE A. MILLER, H. V. LE1.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

